. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). I040 Rural School Leaflet. 6. Do crows travel in flocks throughout the year? If not, when do they separate? 7. Where do crows spend the winter? 8. What is meant by a crow roost? " My friend and neighbor through the year, Self-appointed overseer Of my crops of fruit and grain, Of my woods and furrowed plain. Claim thy tithings right and left, I
. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). I040 Rural School Leaflet. 6. Do crows travel in flocks throughout the year? If not, when do they separate? 7. Where do crows spend the winter? 8. What is meant by a crow roost? " My friend and neighbor through the year, Self-appointed overseer Of my crops of fruit and grain, Of my woods and furrowed plain. Claim thy tithings right and left, I shall never call it ;—John Burroughs. THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY Anna Botsford Comstock In September the Monarch butterfly is quite common. It is easily distinguished from other butterflies because of its brilliant copper-red color, its large size, and its slow, indolent, fearless flight. It shows by its every movement that it is not afraid of birds. On the upper side, the central portion of each wing is brilliant copper- red ; the veins are narrowly outlined in black and the edges bordered in black. The triangular tip of the front wing is black, spotted with pale orange. The black margins of the wings are set with double dots of white, two pairs between each two veins, and the edges are marked with white to correspond. Below, the front wings are copper-red on the hind margin covered by the lower wings, while Fig. butterfly ^j^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^j^^ hind wings and the tips of the front wings is buff; the veins are more strongly marked with black than on the upper sides, and the white dots in the black borders are large. The body is black with numer- ous white dots, especially on the under side. The antennae are about two-thirds as long as the body, and each is tipped with a long knob. Sometimes an imprisoned butterfly will partake of the nectar if flowefs,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enha
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